Girls see creature staring through window at them
Account
The witness and her sister were sleeping in the living room on a moonlit night with the drapes open. The witness saw a gorilla-like creature standing outside the window looking in. The next morning trampled irises and large tracks were noted in the dirt outside the window.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
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- Posture src
- standing
- Other features src
- gorilla like
Facts & provenance
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| Time of day |
pre dawn dark hours
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|---|---|
| Place |
Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #856
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
43.7959, -123.0572 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Cottage Grove city (GEOID 4115950), matched from nearest town 'Cottage Grove'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #856
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 60% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
sleeping in living room
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| Witness's word for it |
gorilla like creature
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| Conditions |
warm
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Evidence & investigation
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large tracks visible in dirt outside window
irises outside window tramped down
A relative checked whether an escaped circus gorilla had been reported in the area and found no such report.
Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #856 Primary